John Sinclair R.I.P.

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For those of you who know and dig MC5 , John Sinclair was an activist who' was jailed for 2 days for having smoked a joint !! John Lennon dedicated a song to him in '71 ....he was in jail for a short period if time , but this event stirred some shit among the U.S. counter-culture movement.
R.I.P. John

John Sinclair, MC5 Manager and Activist, Dies at 82

John Sinclair, MC5 manager and activist, died in April 2024.

ultimateclassicrock.com

 

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It ain't fair, John Sinclair
In the stir for breathin' air
Won't you care for John Sinclair?
In the stir for breathin' air
Let him be, set him free
Let him be like you and me
They gave him ten for two
And what else can the judges do?
They gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta,
Gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta set him free
If he'd been a soldier man
Shootin' gooks in Vietnam
If he was a CIA
Sellin' dope and makin' hay
He'd be free, they'd let him be
Breathin' air like you and me
Fight on
They gave him ten for two
What else can the judges do?
They gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta,
Gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta set him free
Free
They gave him ten for two
They got old Lee Otis, too
They gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta,
Gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta set him free
Free now
Was he jailed for what he done
Or representin' everyone?
Free John now, if we can
From the clutches of the man
Let him be, lift the lid
Bring him to his wife and kids
All right
They gave him ten for two
What else can the bastards do?
They gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta,
Gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta set him free
Free

 

[Belaya Smert]

Anyone that got arrested for smoking a Joint and pissing off the establishment died with a clean soul.

 

[Jackonfire]

R.I.P.

"Sinclair was famously arrested for felony possession of two joints in the late 1960s and sentenced to 10 years in prison. The arrest and sentence galvanized counterculture activists and many came to his defense with a 1971 freedom rally at Ann Arbor's Crisler Arena, headlined by John Lennon and Yoko Ono with performances by Bob Seger and Stevie Wonder. The 14-hour event drew 15,000 people and Sinclair was released from prison in Jackson three days later after serving fewer than three years."

Marijuana activist and 'Detroit's resident radical' John Sinclair has died at 82

A prolific poet and activist, Flint native Sinclair managed the rock group MC5 and was a co-founder of the anti-racist group the White Panther Party.

www.detroitnews.com

 

[Plissken]

Damn, 10 years for two joints?! People spend a fraction of that time for molesting kids these days.

 

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Paul MaCartney was busted in Japan for the same reason